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SCARY BUT ‘SAFE’: Check out 5 ways to DIY decorate for Halloween that will limit your use of plastics, F3

‘A’ GRADE: The A-Frame is one of the most popular choices for a second home, F4 MAIL CALL: Beginning gardners often are surprised to learn that they can receive trees and shrubs through the mail. Lee Reich tells us how it’s done, F6 WMASS DEEDS: F11

Picture Perfect With more than 100 pumpkins and gourds, this D.C. home’s stoop is a social media hit. Page F2

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Stoop sensation This man’s decorations draw social media fans from around the world

By Jessica Contrera

The Washington Post

Every year, they come. The artists, propping their canvases outside the gate. The preschool teachers, telling toddlers to look, but not touch. The influencers, toting their cameras and their tripods and their lighting equipment and their outfit changes.

On this Saturday afternoon in October, a drizzly dawn had dissolved into an airy autumnal afternoon. A woman was hustling down the sidewalk.

She stopped. She stared. She sighed. “This,” she said, “is the best stoop.”

Josh Young, 33, beamed. He very much agreed his Capitol Hill rowhouse has the best stoop. He has more than 100 pumpkins on it, 102 to be exact. Well, to be exact exact, 102 gourds. All pumpkins are gourds, and not all gourds are pumpkins, but Young doesn’t think too hard about that while he is cramming his carts full of cucurbitaceae in the final days of September. When farm stand and grocery cashiers across the D.C. region give him curious looks, he tries to explain. “It’s a thing,” he says.

In other words: an annual tradition, started during the pandemic, that has become a steadfast signal of sweater season in the District. As sure as the leaves will fall, Young’s stoop across from Eastern Market will be overflowing with gourds, drawing gawkers in real life and online, where the artist and interior designer’s Instagram posts accrue thousands of likes and reposts from around the world.

“Everyone waits for when he puts his pumpkins out,” said Cris Clapp Logan, a local artist who was inspired to paint Young’s stoop last year. “It signals the start of spooky season.”

When Logan reposted her painting of Young’s stoop this fall, complete with little ghosts flying around the rowhouse, she was caught off-gourd by how many people asked her

Josh Young, top, and Ignacio Martinez at their pumpkin-decorated home on Capitol Hill. (MICHAEL S. WILLIAMSON / THE WASHINGTON POST)

how they could buy a copy.

Others had already sleuthed to find Young’s address online so they could take their own photos of the stoop, each year’s a little different from the one before. This year, red mums add to the colorful tableau, and pumpkins are perched even high above Young’s front door.

“It’s a ‘more is more’ situation,” he said. But even if his proclivity for pumpkins wasn’t so popular, Young said, “To know me is to know that I would do this anyway.”

His mother, Kori Young, said her son’s penchant for grand displays is likely a product of his great-grandfather, who spent his career decorating department store windows.

Combine the grandeur gene with nostalgia for the fall of Young’s childhood in Dallas, Pa., — all roadside apple stands and homemade strudel — and Young grew up to be someone who celebrated Halloween even when he was studying at a university in Italy. Ignacio

Martinez, who would later become Young’s husband, trekked with him to the only American grocery store in Milan to stock up for the party.

“A can of pumpkin was 16 euro,” Martinez lamented.

Martinez grew up in Chile, where fall meant pastels and Easter. Now, he fully expects his husband to start burning autumn candles in July.

“I’m someone who gets seasonal depression in May,” Young said. “People think fall is basic? Summer is basic. Let me guess, you went to the beach.”

“And ate a tomato cucumber salad,” Martinez chimed in.

Their stoop sensation started in September 2020, a month after the couple moved to the District from Chicago to be closer to family. With the pandemic in full swing, they’d had few opportunities to interact with their neighbors.

Young had grand dreams for the iron steps of their 1885 rowhouse. Martinez had questions. How many pumpkins

they would need? How many big and how many small? How many classic orange and how many funky yellows? Short or tall? Slim or chonky?

Then he remembered he married an artist.

As they schlepped between Maryland pumpkin patches, Walmart, Home Depot and Trader Joe’s that first year and every year since, Young’s only formula was instinct (and maybe the physical limitations of their 2003 Land Rover).

When they made it home, they wiped every gourd with a Clorox wipe to banish bacteria that could quicken rotting.

They used to spray squirrel and rodent repellents, but the smell of what those are made of — coyote or fox urine, typically — does not exactly bring the autumnal vibes. They switched to peppermint oil, which they say works just as well.

To answer your remaining gourd FAQ: How much do they spend? About $400. Do they carve the pumpkins? Rarely. Do

they hate your 20-foot inflatable Frankenstein? Just not their style. Do they trip?

“Nooo,” Young said, just as Martinez answered, “Oh yes.”

Either way, there will be no liability lawsuits from trick-ortreaters. Every year on Halloween, Young and Martinez set up an elegantly decorated candy table near their front gate so nobody has to climb the steps. Haunting music pumps through their windows.

Candles flicker along the stairs, transforming the gourds from artful to eerie.

But all gourd things must come to an end, they say. By the next morning, the pumpkins’ days are numbered. Young is not one to make them last until Thanksgiving. By the second week in November, he begins taking them to compost bins at Eastern Market and leaving them on the curb for neighbors to take for free.

Christmas is coming — and, yes, Young said, “It’s a whole process.”

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Don’t ‘scare’ the environment this season 5 nearly plastic-free Halloween decorations you can do yourself

By Karen Hugg

The Washington Post

Too often, one of the spookiest parts of Halloween winds up being the amount of plastic and other wasteful materials used to create a creepy atmosphere. But with a little ingenuity, you can set an eerie scene with more natural, sometimes compostable, supplies. Here are five ideas.

Burlap bat streamers Burlap offers a rustic alternative to orange and black crepe paper streamers, plus it’s compostable. You can either make your own streamers by taking a burlap sack and cutting it into strips or you can buy pre-made burlap ribbon from a craft store.

To craft your streamers from a sack, cut long strips about 3 inches wide to the length of your ceiling. For a ragged effect, fray the edges with your fingers. Then pin or use sticky hooks to secure the end of each strip to a ceiling corner before twisting repeatedly across the room and securing on the opposite side.

To make your bats, find a favorite template online or in a craft book that measures four to six inches wide.

Print the shapes onto black construction paper or card stock and cut them out. Then either hole-punch in two eyes or use water soluble glue to paste on two orange round candy toppings.

Poke a tiny hole in the center of each bat’s back if you want to display them horizontally, as if in flight. Then, with a large needle, thread through a 6-inch piece of black jute, yarn or thin cotton cord.

Secure each bat to the burlap with a double knot. If you’d like the bats to hang upside down as if they’re resting,

glue an inch-long piece of cord down the bat’s center.

A harvest wreath A natural wreath on a front door warmly welcomes visitors. Start with grape vine if you have it. Otherwise, you can use any somewhat stiff vine, such as Virginia creeper or English ivy. You’ll need at least 10 feet for a sturdy wreath. Coil your vine into a 12-inch circle. Once finished, secure the vines into the circular shape with 6-inch pieces of jute. I like to tie it in three places.

To decorate your vine base, insert dried seed heads, feathers or fading leaves. Leaves Burlap bat streamers, top left, and a DIY “pumpkin vase” arfrom a burning bush shrub rangement made by the author, are two ways you can reduce blaze with red color, witch your use of plastics when decorating for Halloween. (CHONA KASINGhazel beams yellow or orange, ER / THE WASHINGTON POST) and of course maples come in all three. Purple ninebark leaves are a deep indigo and the flat heads of variegated stonecrop are a gorgeous rust hue. For a more sculptural look, try dried poppy or Chinese lantern seed heads.

Evergreen magnolia leaves add rich dark green tones.

Stepping through Have fun with it and play helps reduce slip and fall accidents with the materials that match your taste.

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Floral pumpkin vase This is an attractive, easy project for a front porch or dining room. Choose a wide, medium-sized pumpkin, then cut the top quarter off, leaving an eight to ten-inch opening.

After scooping out the guts and seeds, let dry for an hour before laying a piece of cardboard at the bottom and filling with sand.

To create a spooky arrangement inside, start with several thorny branches in a circle in the sand. Black walnut, hawthorn or barberry make for a prickly, foreboding atmosphere. If you prefer autumn colors, try yellow or orange twig dogwood branches as an alternative. Then, to soften the perimeter, tuck in stems with berries. Choose pyracantha for orange or cotoneasters for red. Flowers can come from a supermarket bouquet of maroon mums and yellow sunflowers. For more ghoulish accents, add in faded sea holly blooms with their prickly flower heads, dried, ghostly lotus pods, or black mondo grass. Finish with tufts of dried grass seed heads such as pampas or wheat.

To add a central Halloween feature, you might try making a simple, mini ghost.

First, paste three cotton balls together with water soluble glue. Insert a wooden skewer into the cluster, then drape a handkerchief or ten-inch square cut from an old cotton t-shirt over the form. For eyes and a mouth, either cut three ovals from construction paper or use black candy pieces. Insert the skewer into the center of the arrangement.

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clude walking the Berkshire Botanical Garden property with the attendees, learning about and working with the various templated compositions formats, as well as discussing the concept of each photographer creating their own photographic vision. $25 members, $40 nonmembers; • “Four Seasons of Tree Identification,” Oct. 28, 9 a.m.-noon. This fourpart class will revisit trees through the seasons, and witness their unique characteristics with and without leaves. Attendees will learn how to identify species of trees with and without leaves, ID a tree by its bark, and understand which trees flower in which seasons.

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EGINNING GARdeners often are surprised to learn that trees and shrubs can be shipped through the mail.

Unless shipped plants are less than a foot or so high (in which case they can be shipped in pots), deciduous plants are shipped dormant, leafless, and bare-root. Such plants also may be available at local nurseries.

Bare-root plants should be truly dormant, with their roots kept moist. Good nurseries don’t rush the fall shipping season by digging plants that have not yet lost their leaves. Even if these plants are replanted immediately, the roots cannot replace water loss through leaves until new root hairs grow. Plants should be purchased with moist packing material, such as excelsior, peat, even shredded newspa-

per, around the roots. I stand bare-root plants in a bucket of water for four hours as soon as I receive them, just in case roots have dried out at all since the plants were dug.

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height or slightly higher than it did in the nursery, and about two times the spread of the roots, with the sides of the hole tapering inwards like a funnel.

If you know you are planting in an area that is sodden in early spring, set the plant in the hole so the soil line is

a few inches above ground level. After you fill in the planting hole, you will build up a mound of soil around the plant up to the soil line on the trunk. Make the mound as wide as possible, because mounds that lack breadth tend to dry out in midsummer.

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OLLECTING CEramics may be seen as traditional, even old-fashioned, but there is plenty of room for eccentricity. This puzzle mug by George E. Ohr is an unusual piece by an unconventional artist. There are holes in its sides; if you try to fill it and drink from it like an ordinary mug, the liquid spills out — probably onto you. Puzzle mugs usually have a hollow portion, often in the handle, that works like a drinking straw. The trick is to know which holes to cover and which to drink from.

A puzzle mug is a fitting piece for Georg Ohr, who had a flair for the unusual. Ohr, known as “the Mad Potter of Biloxi,” was born in 1857 and started working on his own as a potter in 1883. He made his pottery from very thin clay in twisted, folded shapes, glazed in rich colors.

Ohr loved self-promotion and considered himself “the best potter in America,” but sold little of his pottery and faded into obscurity. By the time his pottery was rediscovered in the 1970s, one of the few resources available about his work was an article by Ralph and Terry Kovel. As if making up for lost time, Ohr’s pottery now sells for high prices. This mug sold for $2,250 at a Rago auction.

CURRENT PRICES Current prices are recorded from antiques shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United States. Prices vary in different locations because of local economic conditions.

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this does not make the bill rare or worth more. On the other hand, it is still legal tender and can be spent like any valid $20 bill. We would recommend taking the bill to a bank to verify this. They will probably exchange it for a clean bill.

wedding, they would store mementoes and heirlooms.

Hope chests, which young women would fill with textiles they made to supply their future households, were a similar idea. Spanish trunks made of wood or leather are especially desirable for their distinctive looks and skilled Trying to get informa- craftsmanship. There was a tion and value about this revival of Spanish Colonial unusual trunk. It’s about style furniture from about 100 years old. The original 1915 to the early 1930s, owners (now deceased) got especially in the American I have this odd $20 bill it as a wedding gift. They Southwest. This fits with your with markings and I don’t said it came from Spain and estimate of the trunk’s age. know who to take it to for a cost about $1,000. The red/ You are right, the particle value that I can trust. Can board base would have been you please help me with this? green covering appears to be leather. The lining is added later. It’s not uncomvelvet. The base is made mon to see antique and out of particle board — per- vintage trunks with later feet.

The markings on your haps added at a later time.

Generally, trunks with flat bill look like part of the word “TELLER.” They are probably The trunk is 36 in. long; the bases were meant for travelwidth/depth is 17 1/2 in. and ing; trunks with feet or on a from a teller stamp. When it is 20 in. tall plus the feet. stand were used as furniture. bank tellers bundle bills together to go into the vault, they I am not seeing any brand. Dome top trunks meant nothing could be stacked on top, wrap the bundle with a paper protecting the trunk and its strap, then stamp the strap Trunks were traditional contents from damage during and add their initials to verify transit. Dome top leather that they counted the bundle. wedding gifts up to the 20th century. They would be filled trunks with exterior decoraYour bill was probably on top with household items the tion like nailheads or tooled of a bundle where the teller’s newlywed couple would need designs have sold at recent stamp slipped and partly missed the strap. On one hand, for their new home. After the auctions for about $200 to

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TIP: To be collectible, trunks must be in good condition.

Refinishing destroys the trunk’s value as an antique. Trunks in poor condition can be refinished to be attractive and useful as pieces of furniture, but they will no longer be of interest to serious trunk collectors.

Terry Kovel and Kim Kovel answer readers’ questions sent to the column. Send a letter with one question describing the size, material (glass, pottery) and what you know about the item.

Include only two pictures, the object and a closeup of any marks or damage. Be sure your name and return address are included.

By sending a question, you give full permission for use in any Kovel product. Names, addresses or email addresses will not be published. Questions that are answered will appear in Kovels Publications. Write to Kovels, The Republican, King Features Syndicate, 628 Virginia Dr., Orlando, FL 32803 or email us at collectorsgallery@kovels.com.

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The cost of financing a home surged again last week with the average long-term U.S. mortgage rate at its highest level since December 2000.

The average rate on the benchmark 30-year home loan rose to 7.63% from 7.57% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.94%.

Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, popular with homeowners refinancing their home loan, also increased. The average rate rose to 6.92% from 6.89% last week. A year ago, it averaged 6.23%, Freddie Mac said.

As mortgage rates rise, they can add hundreds of dollars a month in costs for borrowers.

They also discourage homeowners who locked in far low rates two years ago from selling. The average rate on a 30-year mortgage is now more than double what it was two years ago.

This is the sixth consecutive week that mortgage rates have moved higher. The weekly average rate on a 30-year mortgage has remained above 7% since mid-August and is now at the highest level since Dec. 1, 2000, when it averaged 7.65%.

The combination of elevated rates and low home inventory has worsened the affordability crunch by keeping home prices near all-time highs even as sales of previously occupied U.S. homes have fallen 21% through the first nine months of this year compared to the same period in 2022.

As rates have marched higher, home loan applications have slumped to their lowest level since 1995.

“Mortgage application activity is now at its lowest level in 29 years as high mortgage rates, limited housing inventory, and affordability challenges continue to constrain borrowers,” said Mortgage Bankers Association CEO Bob Broeksmit.

Deeds AGAWAM Charlene C. Hermans and Mark S. Hermans Jr., to Lynn M. Bolton, 23h Castle Hill Road, $365,000.

Colin O. Mclean and Jessica McLean to Thomas C. Williams and Nancy Williams, 832 North West St., $342,500.

Cynthia A. Kozak to Maven Investment Co. LLC, 558 Southwick St., $345,000.

John J. Golec Jr., representative, and Donald R. Whitehead, estate, to Plata O Plomo Inc., 28 Center St., $200,000.

Kevin J. Davidson to Brett Bamford, 647 Springfield St., $250,000.

Michael A. Longo, representative, and Robert L. Longo, estate, to Colin M. Deforge and Sara Deforge, 435 River Road, $429,000.

Roman Epshteyn and Yuliya Epshteyn to Roman & Yuliya Epshteyn Revocable Trust, trustee of, Roman Epshteyn, trustee, and Yuliya Epshteyn, trustee, 188 Beekman Drive, $100.

Shawn D. Rising, representative, and Daniel Cesan Rising, estate, to Mark R. Magistri, 966 Shoemaker Lane, $400,000.

Tomroc Holdings LLC, to Timothy J. Tracy, 784 Springfield St., $225,000.

Viktor Savonin to Stephen J. Wodecki, 362 Poplar St., $549,000.

Amherst Evan R. Shopper and Deborah Zeidenberg to Evan R. Shopper and Deborah Zeidenberg, 550 East Leverett Road, $100.

Nicholas James Dufresne and Maya Johanna Marx to Thomas E. Brennan, 85 Hillcrest Place, $695,000.

BELCHERTOWN Bell Property Corp., to JHP Builders LLC, Woodland Lane, $130,000.

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Theresa A. Przbylowicz to Sean P. Garcia and Shayna A. Bronstein Garcia, 256 Cold Spring Road, $435,000.

502 Chicopee St., $75,000.

Michael A. Siniscalchi to Monica Fowler and Nicole Snizek, 18 Ledgewood Drive, $510,000.

Daniel L. Maloney and Marie Maloney, personal representatives of the Estate of Thomas J. Maloney, to Bonnie Ellen O’Brien and Ethan Andrew O’Brien, Charlemont Road, “aka” Catamount Hill Road, $40,000.

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BLANDFORD Patricia M. Hebert to Aya Custom Homes Inc., 0 Russell Stage Road, $30,000.

Lena I. Bessette and Lena I. Bressette to Anthony Soto, 94 Holland Road, $57,000.

CONWAY

EAST LONGMEADOW Michael D. Grigely, representative, Anne M. Grigely, estate, and Ann M. Grigely, estate, to Nicholas Gero, 32 Melwood Ave., $370,000.

CHARLEMONT Ting Cheng and Stanley Luen Poon to Dana L. Rice, Maxwell Road, $43,000.

Quercus Properties LLC, to Amanda Torres-Alvarado and Jennifer Torres, 4 Millbrook Drive, $550,000.

CHICOPEE Andrew J. Crane and Catherine E. Crane to Jack Watson, 138 Grattan St., $333,000.

Bozek Realty Inc., to Shirley Donkor, 131 Hampden St., $226,000.

Daniel A. Brosseau and Jacqueline M. Brosseau to Donald A. Houle Jr., and Catharine Marie Sostre, 12 Tenney St., $314,000.

Halida Begovic to Stephanie A. Richard, 84 Outer Drive, Unit #N20, $233,000.

John J. Ferriter, representative, and Gail A. Brodeur, estate, to Ahmed Al Jashaam, 0 Pleasantview Avenue, $140,000.

Michelle Realty LLC, to Tina L. Qvarnstrom, Philip J. Qvarnstrom Jr., Marline Nahkala and Richard Nahkala, 115 South St., Unit 8F, $125,000.

R M Blerman LLC, and RM Blerman LLC, to Mathew Wiechec,

GREENFIELD

Karen Yestramski-Provost, personal representative of the Estate of Francis James Yestramski, “aka” Francis J. Yestramski, to Kerry Heathwaite, 75 Laurel St., $260,000.

Beverly C. Interlande, “aka” Beverly C. Brown, and Lawrence P. Interlande to Ryan Lavoie and Tricia Lavoie, 38 Ferrante Ave., $476,000.

Elizabeth A. Dolby and Anthony Wonseski Jr., to Robert K. Brown, trustee of the Robert K. Brown Revocable Trust, 21 Silver Crest Thomas C. Williams and Nancy Circle, “aka” 21 Silvercrest Circle, Williams to Jaafar M. Hamadeh, 48 Unit 15 Silver Crest Condominium, Wellington Drive, $690,000. $430,000.

Daniel P. Minckler to EDS Enterprises LLC, 40-42 Colrain Road, $60,000.

EASTHAMPTON

Carolyn Z. Vickers to Matthew Yacavone and Paul Zombik, 1752 Memorial Drive, $115,000.

J.L.N. Properties LLC, to Scott Fillion and Angela Fillion, Carver Street, $8,500.

John F. Lobik to Douglas Simon, 4 Michelman Ave., $165,000.

Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity Inc., to Herlinda Tuesca, 638 South Deerfield Road, $150,700.

BRIMFIELD

Cynthia J. Ames to Charles J. Ames and Bridget James, 21 Center St., $170,000.

Matthew F. Sandler and Catherine Donald Cormier and Tammy R. Sandler to Eli T. Harris, trustee, and Indenture of Trust of Eli T. Har- Cormier to Geoffrey Chinn, 111 Franklin St., Unit 4 Franklin Street ris, 22 Willow Circle, $640,000.

Condominium, $175,000.

Brian J. Murphy to Stella J. Conyer Jolene Lavallee and Joseph R. and Dani K. Conyer, 106 Lovefield Lavallee to Freeland J. Tuden and St., $456,200.

Jeannette C. Tuden, 36 Robbins ARC Investments LLC, to North Road, $281,750.

Harlow LLC, 26 High St., and 41Daviau & Robert Properties LLC, to 43 Chapman Ave., $780,000.

April L. O’Brien, Todd M. O’Brien, John A. Knybel and Melissa M. Allison M. Springman and Daryl Knybel to Jeremy D. Ober, 9-11 R. Springman Jr., 114 Wells St., Lovell St., $460,000. $51,000.

Amy E. Linnell and Matthew M. Linnell to David Walter Wooley HADLEY and Elena Cristina DiBella Garza, 1-3 Lincoln St., $450,000.

Steven B. Constant to Jeffrey M.

GILL Richard Cramm to Paul D. Viens, 4 Setback Lane, $289,000.

Campbell and Mary Ann Campbell, 139 Mount Warner Road, $300,000.

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LEGEND: The rate and annual percentage rate (APR) are effective as of the publication date. The APR may increase after consummation and may vary. Payments do not include amounts for taxes and insurance. The fees set forth for each advertisement above may be charged to open the plan (A) Mortgage Banker, (B) Mortgage Broker, (C) Bank, (D) S&L, (E) Credit Union, (BA) indicates Licensed Mortgage Banker, NYS Banking Dept., (BR) indicates Registered Mortgage Broker, NYS Banking Dept., (loans arranged through third parties). “Call for Rates” means actual rates were not available at press time. All rates are quoted on a minimum FICO score of 740. Conventional loans are based on loan amounts of $165,000. Jumbo loans are based on loan amounts of $548.250. Points quoted include discount and/or origination. Lock Days: 30-60. Annual percentage rates (APRs) are based on fully indexed rates for adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs). The APR on your specific loan may differ from the sample used. Fees reflect charges relative to the APR. If your down payment is less than 20% of the home’s value, you will be subject to private mortgage insurance, or PMI. FHA mortgages include both UFMIP and MIP fees based on loan amount of $165,000 with 5% down payment. VA mortgages include funding fees based on loan amount of $165,000 with 5% down payment. The Republican does not guarantee the accuracy of the information appearing above or the availability of rates and fees in this table. All rates, fees and other information are subject to change without notice. The Republican does not own any financial institutions. Some or all of the companies appearing in this table pay a fee to appear in this table. If you are seeking a mortgage in excess of $548.250, recent legislation may enable lenders in certain locations to provide rates that are different from those shown in the table above. Sample Repayment Terms-ex. 360 monthly payments of $5.37 per $1,000 borrowed ex. 180 monthly payments of $7.65per $1,000 borrowed. We recommend that you contact your lender directly to determine what rates may be available to you. To access the NMLS Consumer Access website, please visit www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org. To appear in this table, or report any inaccuracies call 413-788-1165

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HAMPDEN David M Polley, estate, and Laurie Drew, representative, to Dominic Kirchner II, trustee, and Lumturi Realty Trust, trustee of, 102 Baldwin Drive, $166,200.

Hatch Property Management LLC, to 522 Main Street Realty LLC, 522 Main St., $375,000.

HOLYOKE Ameilia M. Czarnik, Joseph J. Czarnik and Ameilia M. Pelletier to Maria M. Aquino, Miguel Aquino and Miguel Aquino Jr., 278 Hillside Ave., $285,000.

Felicita Davila and Zoila Davila to Urbanist Capital LLC, 121 Newton St., $45,000.

Lynne H. Skypeck, trustee, John A. Skypeck, trustee, and Sky Revocable Trust, trustee of, to Jason Laboy, 26 Florence Ave., $322,000.

Oliver Auto Body Realco LLC, to Cadet 23 LLC, 1519 Dwight St., $1,451,412.

LEVERETT Il Soo Chay Longiaru and Peter Longiaru to Linda Aubry Bullock and Michael Bullock, 2 Laurel Hill Drive, $778,750.

LONGMEADOW David A. Hirsh and Laura C. Hirsh to Gregory J. Hughes and Amy M. Hughes, 549 Laurel St., $525,000.

Gregory Dumeny to Matthew Sandler and Catherine Sandler, 1112 Williams St., $635,000.

Jonathan A. Bubier and Kathleen L. Sobo to Jeslyn Carr, 58 Fairfield Terrace, $492,500.

Luigi Chiarella to Anthony G. Dallessandro and Catherine K. Dallessandro, 112 Captain Road, $465,000.

March Thompson and Kyle C. McIver to Gregory B. Gravel, trustee, Susan R. Gravel, trustee, and Gregory B. Gravel & Susan R Gravel Revocable Trust, trustee of, 64 Redfern Drive, $440,000.

Matthew Gaffney and Lauren Gaffney to Xuan Tang and Lan Jiao, 24 Herbert St., $305,000.

Reginald D. Smith and Eleanor T. Smith to John Stocks, 55 Cedar Road, $190,000.

Woodlawn Property LLC, to Christen Brownlee, 42 Woodlawn Place, $500,000.

LUDLOW Donna M. Wisell, representative, Michelle M. Wisell, estate, and Mi-

chelle Marie Wisell, estate, to Collin M. Paradis, 55 Waters Edge Drive, Unit 55, $238,000.

NORTHFIELD

Norma A. Fisher and Ellen L. Roberts, individually and as personal representatives of the Estate of Nicholas R. Fales, Christina L. Fales Francis H. Fisher and Linda L. and Christina L. Rys to Nathanial Lawson, to Joseph K. Ingram Jr., Mizula, 455 Miller St., $290,000.

10 Captain Beers Plain Road, $110,000.

Robert J. Lefebvre, commissioner, to Antonio Giacomo Norton, 66 David Gorzocoski to Jolene Lavalle Chapin St., $325,000. and Joseph Roland Lavallee, 571E Nathan Dabsky to Thomas Lennon, 13 Lillian St., $55,000.

Stephanie A. Richard and Stephanie A. Lapointe to Christopher H. Newman, 13 Salli Circle $340,000.

Transform Property Group LLC, to Galina Mashitlova, 504-506 Fuller St., $400,000.

MONSON Judith C. Chlebus to Heather Garvie and Evan Martin, 59 Beebe Road, $245,000.

Millers Falls Road, $310,000.

ORANGE Adele O. Madsen to the Town of Orange, 28 East River St., $17,970.72.

TCS Home Group LLC, to Timothy J. Wickline, 188 Pleasant St., $165,000.

PALMER

Linda E. Pyzocha, Lynda E. Pyzocha Jose Miranda, Lisa Bessette and and Leah J. Kan to Luis Garcia, O Robert Russell to Stan Properties Silver Street, $10,000.

LLC, 4001-1003 Hill St., $400,000.

MONTAGUE Sara Spooner, conservator of Pearl Vivier, “aka” Pearl A. Vivier, to Tomas Ovall, 19 Morris Ave., $130,000.

Joseph Warsawski, personal representative of the Estate of Rose A. Warsawski, to Edward Terault, 111 Federal St., “aka” 75 Federal St., $147,250.

MONTGOMERY David W. Tourville and Cynthia L. Tourville to Amy Varner, 217 Pitcher St., $665,000.

NORTHAMPTON Ann Marie Konieczny to Rachel Grace Wolk and Samuel Donahue, 57 Pine St., $540,000.

Justin T. Serpone and Angela A. McMahon to Bradley J. Levay III, 5-7 Highland Ave., $600,000.

Glass Lake Partners LLC, to 35 Ladd Avenue LLC, 35 Ladd Ave., $100.

Jonathan Dean to Jonathan Dean, trustee, and Jonathan Dean Trust, 113 Laurel Park, $100.

Brooke A. Bull and Brooks Bull to Brooke A. Bull, trustee, and Brooks Bull Trust, 48 Ward Ave., $100.

Columns at Rockwell Place LLC, to Michael D. Musante and Timothy J. Musante, 30 Village Hill Road, $299,000.

Lee Brando and Tara S. Pauliny to Rebecca Lavinson and Javier Suarez Alvarez, 53 Clark St., $396,250.

Carmen M. Santiago, Wilfred Santiago and Wilfredo Santiago to Andrew J. Schnitzer and Allyson M. Garcia, 25 Finn St., $465,000.

Linda S. Pardo to Abdul Bashier Sroosh and Momina Afrede, 1505 North Main St., $290,000.

PELHAM Amethyst Brook Apartments LLC, to Better Homes Properties LLC, 18-20 Amherst Road and 22 Amherst Road, $100.

PLAINFIELD Lynne C. Robbins and Lewis C. Robbins to Michael A. Robbins, 746 West Main St., $100.

SHELBURNE Katherine Sachs, trustee of the Sachs Investment Trust, and Nancy Kirschner Sachs to Kristin Elisabeth Jelstrup and John MacGibbon, 40 Mechanic St., $350,500.

SHUTESBURY Joan A. Antonino and Charles J. Dimare to Kathleen Lugosch, trustee of the Lugosch Investment Trust, Sumner Mountain Road, $150,000.

Joan A. Antonino and Charles J. Dimare to Kathleen Lugosch, trustee of the Lugosch Investment Trust, Sumner Mountain Road, $55,000.

SOUTH HADLEY Lynn A. Lusignan, trustee, and 410 Alvord Place Nominee Trust to Laurie Jean Rousseau and Peter John Rousseau, 410 Alvord Place, $295,000.

Glenn Washburn to Catherine Farr, 173 Pine Grove Drive, $310,000.

Morningstar Enterprises LLC, to Moynihan Realty Group LLC, 550 New Ludlow Road, $500,000.

THE REPUBLICAN | MASSLIVE.COM Lisa L. Wray Schechterle, Lisa Wray and Kevin Schechterle to Zachary C. Wright and Lindsay N. Poirier, 143 Lyman St., $390,000.

Andrew Jay Schnitzer and Allyson Mary Garcia to Sean Dawkins, 23 Spring St., $315,000.

Prabhat Raut to Terri Lynn Crowl and David Frederick Lamar, 26 Shadowbrook Estates, $315,000.

Paul D. Viens to Brightwood Properties LLC, 48 Amherst Road, $245,000.

Donna M. Pellissier and Bradley L. Pellissier to Yahdiel Eloy Marte Torres, 6 Ludlow Road, $345,000.

SOUTHAMPTON Benjamin C. Gillespie and Kirsten E. Gillespie to Carly Anne Phillips and Kristina Blanchflower, 153 Pomeroy Meadow Road, $415,000.

Richard Hillenbrand Jr., to Richard Hillenbrand Jr., trustee, and Richard Hillenbrand Jr. Revocable Trust, 92 East Street, $100.

Kathleen Saltis, personal representative, and Beverly Dean Moeller, estate, to Fumi Realty Inc., 5 Pomeroy Meadow Road Extension, $170,000.

Simone Prystowski to Joshua J. Prystowski and Joshua Prystowski, 12 Couture Road, $287,000.

Richard L. Truehart Jr., and Paul E. Truehart to Judith Speckels, 6 Parc Place, $235,000.

SOUTHWICK Cheryl S. Cutler, representative, Eric L. Streeter, representative, and Leland E. Streeter, estate, to Scott Denesha and Karol A. Denesha, 25 Fernwood Road, $339,000.

Joseph M. Carnevale and Elizabeth A. Carnevale to Elizabeth R. Imelio and Tamrah A. Stepien, 62 Davis Road, $390,000.

SPRINGFIELD Airbel Real Estate LLC, to Shariyfah Lupus Fund LLC, 726 Belmont Ave., $740,000.

AJN Rentals LLC, to Round Two LLC, 80 W. Alvord St., $235,500.

Amanda C. Alvarado and Jennifer C. Torres to Sherilyn K. Small, 116 Sierra Vista Road, $320,000.

Ann Hughes to Jennifer D. King and Ekko L. Soukha, 220 Birchland Ave., $296,000.

Anna Mae Maliga to Jason G. Peskurich and Lauren M. Hawkins, 34 Sonia St., $240,000.

Anne F. Brady to Anne F. Brady and Heather A. Glover, 27 Stocker St., $100.

Anthony S. Cremonti and Elizabeth Martins to Wolfpack Realty Corp., 156 Fair Oak Road, $270,000.

Carla M. Sylla and Mahamadou

Sylla to Shaynah Moriah Orr, 49 Mallowhill Road, $250,000.

Carlos A. Pereira, trustee, and Boston Road Realty Trust, trustee of, to 1 Root Inc., 333-339 Boston Road, $975,000.

Caroline R. Malaquias to John Lizardi, 22 Savoy Place, $265,000.

Christopher J. Castellano to Jonathan Schroeder and Lydia Schroeder, 27 Gillette Ave., $290,000.

Courageous Lion LLC, to Lisa Holland, 85 Pocantico Ave., $280,000.

Darryl E. Moss to Daliza M. Burgos Ramos and Michael A. Colon Maldonado, 157 Jamaica St., $295,000.

David Givans to Ebony Badger, 45 Yale St., $265,000.

Diane N. Kadzik to Steven Hayes, 34-36 Ruskin St., $230,000.

Dubs Capital LLC, to Northern Flooring & Remodeling LLC, 0 NS Central Street, $42,384.

Emily A. Linzi to Malia Homebuyers LLC, 37 Dubois St., $131,700.

Garken Realty LLC, to Mohamed Bendrao, 35 Trafton Road, $325,000.

New England Farm Workers Council Inc., to Mago Inc., and Sungsoo Ahn, 1628-1640 Main St., $758,000.

Irving Skerker, trustee, Goldie A. Skerker, trustee, Paul S. Skerker, trustee, and Skerker Family Revocable Trust, trustee of, to Kevin P. Coffee and Rosemary J. Freriks, 63 Park Edge Ave., $360,000.

Jose J. Feliz Gonzalez to Bright Day Care LLC, 56-58 Jefferson Ave., $320,000.

Junior Properties LLC, to Round Two LLC, 30 Sachem St., $754,500.

Kevin Kitchens to Robinah Kintu, 43-45 Clayton St., $340,000.

Khai D Do and Oanh Thi Tu Nguyen to Earl N. Reed, 631-633 Dickinson St., $300,000.

M&F Vazquez Home Improvement LLC, to Sasha Ramos, 116 Edgemere Road, $300,000.

Marina Gonzalez, representative, and Pedro M. Gonzalez, estate, to JJJ17 LLC, 28 Medford St., $121,000.

Michelle H. Pereira, trustee, Jessica A Zina-Duarte, trustee, and Franco Henriques Irrevocable Trust, trustee of, to Okeila S. Ledgister, 24-26 Berkshire St., $285,000.

Officium LLC, to Real Estate Investments Northeast LLC, 132 Dickinson St., $35,000.

Paul R. Hanney and Katherine R. Breglio to Graham & Lumpkin LLC, 122 West Crystal Brook Drive, $255,000.

Peter E. Sares and Theodore P. Sares to Jr & Dee Realty LLC, 66 Cedar St., $156,800.

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the soil conditions, mostly as far as drainage.

Hold the plant in place and CONTINUES FROM PAGE F6 start filling soil in around the incentive to leave the planting roots. Crumble the soil as you hole. They’ll grow around and add it, packing it into intersticaround in the hole, eventually es between the roots with your strangling themselves. fingers. An alternative method And, after all, you want the is to shovel a little soil at a time roots to be eventually reachinto the hole, washing the soil ing far into the surrounding around the roots with water as soil, which they will do if you proceed. In this latter case, you’ve matched your plant to do not press the soil or you will

drive out all the air.

When the hole finally is filled with soil, make a diked basin a couple of feet in diameter around the plant to catch water.

The dike to retain water is especially important for plants on mounds. Promise yourself to keep the basin weed-free the whole next season. Only if you have not watered as you planted, firm the soil with your foot, then slowly add water.

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the strands so they fill the entire container. A beeswax or soy candle is also an option, CONTINUES FROM PAGE F3 but only if you’re sure it won’t be left unattended. Either with a low basket that has a flat way, the final result will add a bottom, anywhere from ten to festive glow to your table. twelve inches in diameter. Lay Creepy crawly spiderwebs down a bed of dried moss or black paper grass at the botIf you’re looking for an tom. Arrange bumpy gourds, alternative to pre-made spider pine cones, and whole walnuts webs, cheese cloth is a versaor chestnuts. I’ve even used tile, inexpensive, compostable mushrooms that have popped choice. I’ve found pieces up in the lawn. Mini pumpkins meant for Halloween décor add a touch of orange and are easier to work with but miscellaneous flowers and if you prefer a more natural faded leaves fill in the blanks. solution, unbleached cotton At the center, tuck in a glass is your best bet. A 30- by 72hurricane candleholder, clear inch piece is usually enough drinking glass or bowl. Add to make at least two webs. wire fairy lights (albeit whose Whatever the size, you can battery pack does have a bit of create a web by cutting your plastic), making sure to loosen piece into a triangle and hang-

ing at a room’s corner. This works best indoors and out of the rain. For a ragged, creepy effect, cut the cloth into multiple pieces and hang like curtains, fraying the edges at the bottom. You can stretch random holes in the cloth to mimic torn cobwebs.

Paper spiders are often available premade at craft stores, but if you have the time, you can find your own bat template and print the shapes onto black construction paper. For more festive spiders, trace your template onto Halloween-themed party bags or paper plates.

Bend the spider legs slightly and hook them into the cheesecloth. You can also secure them with metal Christmas ornament hooks. Either way, you’ll have a fun display.

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Karen Lee Gordon, Karen L. Kryla-Gordon, Robert George Gordon and Robert G. Gordon Jr., to URL Properties LLC, 69 Hampden St., $225,000.

CONTINUES FROM PAGE F12 Pogman Realty LLC, to SRS Partners LLC, 1193 State St., $345,000.

Ravin Sharma, Ravin S. Acharya, Dika Acharya and Dika Devi Karki to Padam Gajmer, Shova Lagoon and Subash Luhagun, 818 Belmont Ave., $305,000.

Rene Ricardi to Andrea Giordano and Cole B. Brunker, 212 Bowles Park, $280,000.

Robert H. Wilder and Luciano B. Wilder to Kristopher G. Hills and Kwanita N. Hills, 66 Clement St., $275,000.

Robert M. Gleason Jr., to Nickolas Scott Demetrius, 145 Carr St., $258,000.

Scott J. Denesha and Karol A. Denesha to James Howard Burrell, 201 Verge St., $285,000.

Shaynah M. Orr, Shaynah M. Smith and Bradley Orr to Yulaska G. Aguasvivas, Yojakari Rosario De Santana and Yojakari Rosario De Santana,

438 Belmont Ave., $375,000.

Stacy L. Jacobs to P & R Investments LLC, 11 Champlain St., $140,000.

Stephen Farr and Catherine Farr to Magaly Melendez Vazquez and Karol Villafane, 111 Winterset Drive, $340,000.

TD Bank to Tandeka Hicks, 208 Westford Ave., $225,000.

SUNDERLAND

Charles T. Disponett to Sean Michael Fitzpatrick, 26 Southworth St., $250,000.

Samuel Sevelo and Cheryl Moore-Sevelo to Joseph James Czarnik and Ameilia Marie Czarnik, 512 Elm St., $350,000.

Terri Tracy, representative, and Sweet Meadow Farm LLC, to Wise- Thomas O. McNulty, estate, to Mass Housing LLC, 2 Elizabeth acre LLC, River Road, $56,500.

St., $310,000.

Monterey Rose LLC, to Wiseacre Trevor Cupp and Lina Cupp to LLC, Hadley Road, Russell Street, River Road and Brown Cross Road, Anthony Pelletier and Angela Pelletier, 38 Upper Beverly Hills, $195,500. $395,000.

TOLLAND Susan M. Bullock to Gary P. Fredericks and Elizabeth Fredericks, 227 Lakeside Drive, $420,000.

WEST SPRINGFIELD Alan Nathanson Sharpe, receiver,

West Co. Investments LLC, to Stephen A. Alvord and Theodore R. Alvord, 48 Worthen St., $300,000.

WESTFIELD Bruce D. Bachmann and Lisa M. Bachmann to Suzanne Dodson,

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Finally, protect your newly planted tree or shrub from winter predators and weather.

Rodents can be foiled with a cylinder of hardware cloth around the trunk. To protect the bark of trees from winter sun, paint the bark with white latex paint. Tree wrappings of paper or plastic accomplish both goals.

Large trees — those 10 feet high or more — or trees in excessively windy areas should

be staked. Either tie the trunk to a stake driven next to the tree, or use three guy wires staked to the ground. Pad the guy wires with pieces of hose where they contact the tree.

A thick mulch of hay, straw, or pine needles will keep roots active and plants firmly anchored.

Plants will be in place and ready to grow, their buds swelling just as late winter sun finally melts all but a few patches of snow.

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99 Beveridge Boulevard, Unit 99, $305,000.

Chad H. Nelson and Viorika Nelson to Robert Mitchell Levesque and Kristen Hook, 7 Harvest Moon Lane, $800,000.

Constance J. Tkaczek to Stephen J. Oleksak Jr., and Stephen Oleksak Sr., 90 Berkshire Drive, $281,000.

Courtney M. Gagne to Benjamin Gillespie and Kirsten Gillespie, 139 Wyben Road, $525,000.

Gil D. Talamayan and Lilia M. Talamayan to Tatyana Sevostyanov and Sergrey Sevostyanov, 30 Cardinal Lane, $530,000.

Judith Ann Mulcahy to Little Eagle LLC, 10 Cycle St., $46,000.

Kimberly A. Constance and Richard M. Constance to Tyler Simmitt, 66 Janis Road, $395,000.

Michael A. Mundorf and Linda L. Mundorf to Thomas M. Bregoli and Kathryn B. Bregoli, 199 Munger Hill Road, $670,000.

Robert M. Lafrance to Andrew R. Loftus and Rachel J. Loftus, 95 Honey Pot Road, $350,000.

Theodore R. Alvord and Edna M. Alvord to Pah Properties LLC, 55 Apple Orchard Heights, $200,000.

Thomas M. Bregoli and Kathryn B. Bregoli to Charles Marsland and Amelia Marsland, 51 Crescent Circle, $489,900.

William E. O’Neill and Kamila E. O’Neill to Stephen Dowd and Gina Dowd, 33 Jessie Lane, $498,000.

WILBRAHAM AC Homebuilding LLC, to Richard J. Taylor and Carla J. Taylor, 69 Sandalwood Drive, $499,750.

Jeffrey S. Gadoury, representative, Dennis A. Marceau, estate, and Dennis Albert Marceau, estate, to Hazel Zebian, 2765 Boston Road, $110,000.

Stephen M. Lewis to Joan Mongeau Realty LLC, to NGL Sup- Sweeney McInturff and Robert ply Terminal Co. LLC, 30 Medeiros E. McInturff, 64 High Pine Circle, Way, $950,000. $460,000.

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Rose hips’ seedpods provide pop of color in fall, winter gardens

By JESSICA DAMIANO

Associated Press

You can grow your own cup of coffee — a houseplant — indoors.

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Grow your own cup of coffee, indoors

By JESSICA DAMIANO

Associated Press

About 20 years ago, while on vacation in Nashville, Tennessee, I saw my first coffee plant growing inside a greenhouse. I was fascinated to learn that its red “cherries” grew in bunches and that each cherry contained two seeds, which are what we call coffee beans.

I was also surprised to learn that coffee can be grown indoors and, with proper care and some patience, will even produce beans that can be roasted (or toasted) for brewing, although likely just enough for a cup or two. Still, with its beautiful glossy green leaves, fragrant white flowers and shrubby habit, Coffea arabica makes a handsome and fun houseplant.

You should have no trouble finding it at larger nurseries, and houseplant catalogs and websites.

Coffea trees grow to roughly 25 feet tall in the wild on their home turf near the equator.

As potted houseplants, they top out at about 6 feet, but are often trimmed to a more manageable size without ill effects.

To grow one yourself, plant it in a well-draining potting mix with a pH range between 6.0 and 6.5, such as one amended with peat moss. Keep plants slightly moist (but never soggy or completely dry) by watering thoroughly once every week or two, then not again until the soil is half dry.

Place the pot in a warm (70to 80-degree) room, away from drafts, in a spot that receives bright, indirect light, such as off to the side of a sunny window.

Provide ample humidity by misting the plant daily, running a humidifier nearby or placing the pot on a shallow pebble-filled tray to which you’ve added water. As the water evaporates, it will produce a humid microclimate around the container.

Feed your plant four times a year with a balanced fertilizer, following package directions.

If you’d like to prune it, do so during spring.

Your coffee plant should start blooming when it’s 3 to 5 years old. To get beans, you’ll have to hand-pollinate the flowers using a cotton swab or a small artist’s paintbrush to transfer pollen from one blossom to the next. If done correctly, the flowers will give way to cherries.

Harvest ripe cherries when they’ve turned entirely red. Set them out to dry in a single layer, tossing them daily to prevent their bottoms from rotting.

After a week or two, slough off their dried, leathery skin and pulp to reveal the beans within.

Dry-roast the beans in a hot wok or frying pan, stirring constantly until browned. Allow to cool, then grind and brew yourself a cup of homegrown Joe. Jessica Damiano writes the award-winning Weekly Dirt Newsletter and regular gardening columns for The Associated Press.

The rose has long been regarded as the “queen of flowers,” revered for its fragrance and beauty. But less lauded are the orange and red hips, or seedpods, that form after the flowers fade. And that’s a shame.

If they’re left on the plant, the rose hips will take center stage in autumn and provide a beautiful pop of color through the winter — or at least until the birds get them.

Like every fruiting plant and tree, a rose’s blossoms will give way to fruit if left undisturbed.

That fruit, the hip, contains a seed.

Not all roses produce hips, Ripening hips on a rose shrub are pictured in Jessica Damiano’s however. Some modern garden on Long Island, New York. (JESSICA DAMIANO / ASSOCIATED PRESS) cultivars are sterile. For the biggest, best or tastiest hips, dried up, shriveled or rotted. sonal decorations. Clip each seek out rambling, shrub and To prepare hips for tea, hip (or cluster of hips) from wild, non-hybrid species roses. remove petal remnants and plants with several inches My favorites are the North of stem attached, then tuck American native Rosa Virgini- other plant debris, then rinse them into autumn and winter ana’s glossy, scarlet hips, Rosa well in cold water. Small hips glauca’s clusters of small, deep can be dried whole, but if using wreaths or add to vases with large hips, like those of Rosa or without cut flowers. red hips, and Rosa rugosa’s sweet hips, which are so large rugosa, slice them in half and Making new roses and round they remind me of remove the seed and prickly, hairy fibers from within before Planting roses from seed cherry tomatoes. doesn’t always yield reliable To improve and increase the proceeding (fun fact: Those prickly rose seed fibers are results, but if you’d like to try, hips your roses produce, treat slice open the hips, remove plants to monthly applications used as a frequent ingredient in itching powder, the novelseeds and thoroughly rinse off of a bloom-boosting fertilizer any remaining pulp because it during the growing season. The ty item some might call the may prevent germination. more roses the plant produces, “king” of pranks).

Place cleaned hips in a food Fold seeds into a moist paper the more hips you’ll have. dehydrator or in a single layer towel and seal in a zipper-top Stop deadheading roses in on a baking sheet in a 100-de- plastic bag, then refrigerate for August to allow the last flush gree oven for several hours 6-10 weeks (check the paper of blooms to develop hips. until brittle, then store in an towel periodically and moisten Tea and jam air-tight glass jar in a cool, lightly when it dries out). dark place.

After the chilling period, Rich in vitamin C and high Then, whenever you’d like a sow seeds indoors, ¼-deep in in antioxidants, calcium and steaming, nutritious beverage, shallow containers or seedmagnesium, all rose hips are ling trays filled with sterile edible. However, most are too add a heaping teaspoon of seed-starting mix. Keep the tart to eat without sweeteners, dried hips to a cup of boiling so they are used to make jams water and steep for 5-10 min- soil consistently lightly moist but not soggy. and jellies, syrups and tea-like utes. Sweeten to taste.

To make jams and jellies, It can take one to four beverages.

Only hips from plants not clean and remove seeds as months for seeds to sprout, above, regardless of hip size, and germination rates are treated with pesticides should low. Increase your chances of be considered for consumption. then simmer for 15 minutes.

Strain out the solids, and use success by tripling the number To harvest, wait until after the resulting liquid in your of seeds you sow. the first light frost, which will Transplant seedlings sweeten their flavor, then pull favorite recipe.

If eating or drinking rose outdoors in spring, after the hips off the plant or clip them hips isn’t your, um, cup of tea, danger of frost has passed — using scissors or pruners. you might use them in seaand hope for the best.

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